I ain't saying you're a liar, because that wouldn't be polite. But I'll tell you this, ma'am. If I loved liars, I'd hug you to death.
Jim ThompsonWhen life attains a crisis, manโs focus narrows. [โฆ] The world becomes a stage of immediate concern, swept free of illusion.
Jim ThompsonThere are thirty-two ways to write a story, and Iโve used every one, but there is only one plot โ things are not as they seem.
Jim Thompson